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Master of Applied Finance (Banking/Investing/Managing)

Testamur Title of Degree:	Master of Applied Finance (Banking/Investing/Managing)
Abbreviation:	MAppFin
Home Faculty:	Commerce
Duration:	1 year or part-time equivalent
Total Credit Points:	48
Delivery Mode:	On Campus
Starting Session(s):	Autumn/Spring
Location:	Wollongong
UOW Course Code:	1537
CRICOS Code:	029141D

Overview

This program is designed for business graduates who wish to substantially develop their advanced, applied and comprehensive knowledge of either banking, investing or managing at the graduate level. The core part of the program provides students with an advanced understanding of financial decision-making in one of three areas. The banking specialisation has a focus on bank management and lending, the investing specialisation addresses investment analysis and portfolio management, and the managing specialisation is concerned with the financial decisions made by corporate managers. In the elective part of the program students can enhance their understanding of finance through the study of corporate finance, banking and lending, investment analysis and portfolio management, international finance, risk management, entrepreneurial finance and statistical methods in finance.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

Applicants must have an undergraduate degree with a major in finance from a recognised tertiary institution with an average of at least 60%. Applicants with a combination of other university qualifications plus relevant professional experience may also be considered.

Course Requirements

Students are required to undertake the 24 credit points in the Banking, Investing or Managing specialist stream and 24 credit points in electives.

Course Program

Master of Applied Finance (Banking)

Code	Subject	Session	Credit Points
LAW 970	Banking and Financial Institutions Law	Autumn	6
FIN 925	Banking Theory and Practice	Autumn	6
FIN 955	International Banking	Spring	6
FIN 956	Bank Lending and Securities	Spring	6
Electives
FIN 922	Investment Management	Autumn	6
FIN 924	Financial Statement Analysis For Business	Autumn	6
FIN 927	Entrepreneurial Finance	Autumn	6
STAT920	Stochastic Methods in Finance	Autumn	6
FIN 923	Portfolio Management	Spring	6
FIN 926	Advanced Managerial Finance	Spring	6
FIN 928	Multinational Financial Management	Spring	6
FIN 957	Portfolio Simulation	Spring	6
ECON940	Statistics for Decision Making	Spring	6

Note: With permission of the Associate Head of School (Finance), students may include FIN987 Special Topic in Finance among the elective subjects.

Master of Applied Finance (Investing)

Code	Subject	Session	Credit Points
FIN 922	Investment Management	Autumn	6
FIN 924	Financial Statement Analysis For Business	Autumn	6
FIN 923	Portfolio Management	Spring	6
FIN 957	Portfolio Simulation	Spring	6
Electives
LAW 970	Banking and Financial Institutions Law	Autumn	6
FIN 925	Banking Theory and Practice	Autumn	6
FIN 927	Entrepreneurial Finance	Autumn	6
STAT920	Stochastic Methods in Finance	Autumn	6
FIN 955	International Banking	Spring	6
FIN 956	Bank Lending & Securities	Spring	6
FIN 926	Advanced Managerial Finance	Spring	6
FIN 928	Multinational Financial Management	Spring	6
ECON940	Statistics for Decision Making	Spring	6

Note: With permission of the Associate Head of School (Finance), students may include FIN987 Special Topic in Finance among the elective subjects.

Master of Applied Finance (Managing)

Code	Subject	Session	Credit Points
FIN 924	Financial Statement Analysis For Business	Autumn	6
FIN 927	Entrepreneurial Finance	Autumn	6
FIN 926	Advanced Managerial Finance	Spring	6
FIN 928	Multinational Financial Management	Spring	6
Electives
LAW 970	Banking and Financial Institutions Law	Autumn	6
FIN 925	Banking Theory and Practice	Autumn	6
FIN 922	Investment Management	Autumn	6
STAT920	Stochastic Methods in Finance	Autumn	6
FIN 955	International Banking	Spring	6
FIN 956	Bank Lending & Securities	Spring	6
FIN 923	Portfolio Management	Spring	6
FIN 957	Portfolio Simulation	Spring	6
ECON940	Statistics for Decision Making	Spring	6

Note: With permission of the Associate Head of School (Finance), students may include FIN987 Special Topic in Finance among the elective subjects.

Professional Recognition

Recognised by the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and is recognised by CPA Australia as a Specialist Masters Degree.

Student Income Support

In 2007, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) announced that it has made provisions to extend student income support (Austudy and Youth Allowance) to students undertaking professionally oriented masters programmes.

The Master of Applied Finance has been approved by DEEWR as an eligible Masters programme for Student Income Support.

Students who have queries about their income support eligibility should contact Centrelink on 13 2490 for further information.

Other Information

Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: accfin@uow.edu.au